Adolescents and Adults with Learning Disabilities and ADHD (eBook)

Noël Gregg, PhD, is Distinguished Research Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Communication Sciences and Special Education at the University of Georgia (UGA). She founded the UGA Learning Disabilities Center in 1982 and served as its Director until 1997. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Gregg served as Director of the Learning Disabilities Research and Training Center. During that period, she produced over 21 videos and teleconferences focusing on the adolescent and adult population with learning disabilities and ADHD. Dr. Gregg is also Director of the UGA Regents' Center for Learning Disorders. Her areas of specialization include adolescents and adults with learning disabilities and ADHD, accommodations, alternative media, assessment, written language disorders, and measurement validity. She has been a national expert witness for several key legal cases pertaining to accommodating adults with learning disabilities and ADHD on high-stakes tests. The author of several books and more than 100 scientific articles and book chapters, Dr. Gregg is a frequent conference presenter and speaker.

Foreword, Donald D. Deshler1. Why Are Accommodations Important?2. Documentation for Accommodation Access3. Broad and Specific Cognitive Processing4. Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Assessment and Accommodation5. Reading Assessment and Accommodation6. Writing Assessment and Accommodation7. Different Symbol Systems: Mathematics, Science, and Second Languages8. Accommodations on Large-Scale Assessments